He was found on his Atascosa County ranch about 50 yards from his truck about 10 p.m. Monday, at least 10 hours after a stud donkey apparently attacked him, Atascosa County Chief Deputy David Soward said Wednesday.

“They can become very aggressive, very mean, sometimes triggered by a female in heat,” Soward said. “We'll probably never know what triggered it, but it was evident that this particular donkey was involved, based on the evidence at the scene and what we saw on this donkey.”

When asked if Bohlke was kicked or trampled, Soward replied, “We can just surmise, based on the evidence that we have, all of that.”

WOAI.com reports that Bohlke's family grew concerned when the first-term mayor had not returned home following a day on the ranch, and they gathered a group of neighbors who used a caravan of all-terrain vehicles to search for Bohlke.

Bohlke, an Air Force veteran, was elected mayor of the town of 3,200 in May. Hollywood Park, 1.5 square miles, sits just outside of San Antonio. Bohlke defeated Councilman Tim McCallum by a vote of 707-384, according to the Bexar County Elections Department. The town's website indicated that services for Bohlke will be held next week. A statement from the Bohlke family noted that the mayor enjoyed serving in the part-time post.

Bohlke made an impact in his first days in office in May, repealing three ordinances that he had campaigned against. These included a push to give him the authority to hire and fire department heads, raising his unilateral spending limit and giving Council members the ability to talk to city employees without his permission.

On Jan. 15, 1947, the remains of Elizabeth Short were found in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. What made this discovery the stuff of tabloid sensation, however, was the Glasgow smile left on the aspiring actress' face ― made with 3-inch slashes on each side. This, coupled with Short's dark hair, fair complexion and reputation for sporting a dahlia in her hair, led her to be dubbed "The Black Dahlia" in headlines. What followed was a media circus filled with rumors and speculation about the 22-year-old's checkered past. What haunts theorists to this day, apart from the victim's uniquely nightmarish visage, is that the case remains unsolved after some 200 suspects were interviewed and ultimately released, making it one of Hollywood's most lurid legends.